Peaches Geldof was spotted strutting around backstage at Glastonbury on Friday sporting a pair of dark leggings.

The 24-year-old pulled on a brown suede jacket, black t-shirt, a pair of denim shorts, those black
leggings and a pair of black boots. The socialite also kept her feet warm and dry with a pair of thick woolly socks underneath her boots.

Geldof spent the entire weekend hanging out at the Somerset-based festival with sister Pixie and TV presenter Alexa Chung.

The Arctic Monkeys, The Rolling Stones and Mumford and Sons headlined the three day festival.

The Stones, who were playing Glastonbury for the first time in their 51-year history, were lauded by festival organiser Michael Eavis as the best headliners ever.

"It was 43 years in the making, 50 years for them, and we've finally come together. We're on the same page at last," Eavis said, on the third day of music at the festival.

More than 135,000 people attended this year's festival at Worthy Farm.

Este Haim of the eponymous California rock band took to the famous Glastonbury stage on Saturday in a pair of black leggings.

Este, who plays bass in the four piece group alongside sisters Danielle and Alana and drummer Dash Hutton, pulled on the dark
leggings underneath a lacy black dress and black boots. The bassist also walked on stage wearing a black leather jacket that she later removed in the warm summer sunshine.

Following the gig, Este, who is diabetic, told the NME that she "almost died" during the band's lunchtime set.

She told the music magazine that she had forgotten to eat before HAIM's performance causing her to feel unwell.

"I remember not being able to feel my arms, and I was like 'This is not a normal feeling when I'm playing music'," she said.

"I thought that I was gonna pass out and my eyes kind of glazed over at the end of the song and I had to go offstage because I thought that I was going to die in front of 25,000 people."

HAIM later joined Primal Scream on the Pyramid Stage, singing backing vocals on the Scottish rockers' final three songs.

Designer Elizabeth Emanuel pulled on a pair of leggings for the Fashion Rules Exhibition at Kensington Palace in London.

The clothing guru, who is famous for designing Princess Diana's wedding dress, wore a cream coat and a black top, with black
leggings and comfortable flat black sandals to the star studded event.

Despite her restrained outfit, the designer's wacky hairstyle certainly made her stand out on the red carpet.

The exhibition features a range of royal dresses from throughout the 20th century, worn by such luminaries as Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret.

Other guests who attended the exhibition included Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Gillian Anderson and Hayley Atwell. Unlike Elizabeth, they all opted to flash their pins in dresses, with Gillian modelling a classic LBD and Sophie looking chic in white.

Hayley showed her style credentials in a black dress with flowing white sleeves and a blue collar.

Actress Haydn Gwynne pulled on a pair of
tights for the afterparty on the opening night of Noel Coward's Private Lives held at Kettners in London last week.

The former Rome star opted for a colourful emerald green dress, with a gold and bronze floral design, black heels and an opaque pair of tights.

Gwynne, who has starred in a wide range of British TV dramas, including Merseybeat and Peak Practice, has emerged more of a theatre actress in recent years, famously taking the role of Margaret Thatcher alongside Helen Mirren in Peter Morgan's The Audience.

She was joined at the afterparty by other acting luminaries such as Thandie Newton, Tom Hollander and Dominic West.

Anna Chancellor, who stars alongside West in the BBC Two drama The Hour, plays Amanda Prynee, the female lead in the latest adaptation of Noel Coward's celebrated 1930s comedy. Toby Stephens appears opposite Chancellor as her estranged husband, Elyot Chase.

Former Liberty-X singer Michelle Heaton appeared at the UK screening of Teen Beach Movie on the Southbank in London on Sunday evening.

The 32-year-old basked in the summer sunshine opting to wear a floral summer dress, platform sandals and a black sun hat.

Her husband, Hugh Handley, didn't look quite so fashionable, visibly flashing his socks above his white Adidas trainers. The rest of the Irish businessman's outfit, which included cream cargo shorts and a pale blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up, looked summery and stylish, however, next time he may wish to invest in some
trainer socks.

The couple attended the Disney film premiere with daughter Faith, who was dressed in a light blue dress and pink sunhat.

Heaton wasn't the only early noughties pop-star making an appearance at the screening, with Javine Hylton also snapped on the evening's blue carpet.

Teen Beach Movie, which stars Ross Lynch and Australian actress Maia Mitchell, will officially launch in Britain on July 19 at 6pm on the Disney Channel UK.

US rapper Jay-Z has revealed that he and wife Beyoncé Knowles-Carter dance around at home in their
socks, when choosing tracks to feature on Beyoncé's albums.

While most stars in the music business choose album tracks sat round a table with a group of music executives, Jay-Z revealed to Angie Martinez of New York's Hot 97 radio that the couple decide which songs make the cut while dancing to them without any shoes on.

Jay-Z told the radio presenter that his home entertainment system was good enough to host private listening parties in the comfort of their own home.

The rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, said that the couple were struggling to narrow down the number of tracks on Beyoncé's upcoming fifth solo album.

"Right now, Bey has 100,000 amazing songs, just playing 'em," he said.

Jay-Z released his 12th studio album Magna Carta…Holy Grail earlier this month.

Glastonbury started it, and now T in the Park is continuing it. The British festival season is well underway and the socks and wellies combination seems here to stay.

Revellers at this year's Kinross-based festival have been spotted entering the campsite with pairs of
socks poking out over their wellies.

Despite the weather hitting a balmy 26 degree Celsius on Friday, hundreds of festival goers have opted to pull on their woollies suggesting that what started at Glasto may have become this festival season's hottest fashion trend.

With the forecast set to remain dry over the weekend it is unclear whether revellers will opt to swap their wellies for an airier pair of sandals or stay prepared for mud with their socks and wellies.

Having headlined Glastonbury last month Mumford and Sons are back at the top of the bill on Friday, supported by drum and bass outfit Chase and Status.

Rihanna will headline on Saturday night, before the Killers bring the festival to a close on Sunday.

With the weather getting warmer, many celebs have been taking the opportunity to flash their bare legs, but Jasmine Guinness shunned the temptation to show off her pins at the Lulu Guinness Paint Project in London last week.

Guinness, who is an heiress to the famous Irish brewing company, pulled on a strapless black dress and emerald green belt, with open-toed high heels and
black tights at the fashion event at the Old Sorting Office last Thursday.

The 36-year-old Irish model was there to support Lulu Guinness, the wife of her second cousin, Valentine.

Lulu was unveiling a collection of handbags made in collaboration with artist Joseph Steele, who has been dubbed the next Damien Hirst.

The limited edition 'paint splatter effect' bags have been personally numbered and signed by Guinness and Steele. Getting your hands on one of these designs will set you back some £295.

Celebrity fashion icons and BBC Radio DJs Jameela Jamil and Lauren Laverne were also notable guests at the star studded event.

A school in Hertfordshire has banned girls from wearing trendy knee-high socks.

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School in Hatfield has issued new rules that forbid pupils from wearing skirts that are shorter than three inches above the knee and insisting that
tights should been worn instead of
socks.

The controversial new regulations will come into effect in September however pupils have already launched a petition in an attempt to reverse the decision.

The school is thought to have brought in the rules after parents and members of the public complained about how some of the girls looked when they were in the town.

"They wear their socks over the knee, and short skirts and it does not present them in the best light," headteacher Theodora Nickson told the Welwyn Hatfield Times.

"My concern is that members of the public will judge our girls and the school because of it. We are just strengthening the uniform rules. Most girls wear tights anyway."

Ms Nickson insisted that socks had not been banned outright but said the changes were to encourage pupils to dress appropriately.

She added that on hot days girls would be given the opportunity to wear socks instead of tights.

It gained notoriety as summer fashion's biggest number one faux pas, sniggered and snorted at by fashionistas and synonymous with middle-aged German backpackers.

However, the garish
socks and sandals combination has been toppled from its place as the worst holiday fashion crime, according to a survey by sunshine.co.uk.

The poll placed cut-out swimsuits at the top of its list of most heinous holidaymaker style disasters.

The swimsuits, which have been modelled by the likes of Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton, were deemed a poor choice of outfit by 61% of people who took part in the survey.

"It seems both men and women alike aren't a fan of the cut out swimsuit trend," a spokesman for sunshine.co.uk said.

But that isn't to say people can start pulling on their socks and sandals, as the combo followed in a close second place with 59% of people naming it as a summer fashion no-no.

More than half the respondents (52%) also admitted that they didn't make any effort to look stylish when they were on their holidays.

"A holiday shouldn't be a fashion parade and, whilst it's nice to dress up on the occasional evening, the most important thing is to wear what you feel good in and what keeps you cool on a warm break," the spokesman added.

Kirsten Vangsness pulled on a pair of tartan socks for Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con Celebration in Californina on Saturday.

The 41-year-old actress sported the tartan
socks, with a pair of shin high boots, a skirt adorned with a nocturnal mesa-landscape scene, a black cardigan and a turquoise corset.

The Criminal Minds star also brought along with her a plastic space gun to give herself a unique comic-book heroine persona.

Despite being at the world's most celebrated comic book festival, Vangsness was surprisingly alone in her sense of adventurous dress among the guests at Float at Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.

Vangsness, who plays FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia in the long running CBS crime drama, is set to star alongside Dean Lemont in the film noir comedy Kill Me, Deadly! which is predicted to be released later this year.

Vangsness and Lemont starred opposite each other in the original theatre version of Bill Robens' play.

Ah ha! Radio Norwich's very own Alan Partridge showed off his socks at the London premiere of the much anticipated Alpha Papa on Wednesday.

The 55-year-old radio presenter pulled on a fetching pair of black
socks underneath his baby-blue suit, tailored by Gresham Blake, a crisp, white shirt, a pink tie and brown loafers.

The DJ, portrayed by Steve Coogan, flew into Leicester Square in a helicopter having previously attended the world premiere in Norwich a couple of hours beforehand.

Partridge said that his return to Norwich felt like "sitting in a warm bath whilst having a cup of cocoa and peanut butter on toast whilst watching Air Crash Investigation on a TV - it feels good".

Upon reaching London, the often controversial DJ had changed his tune about airing the world premiere in his home city.

"This is the real premiere. The Norwich thing was just me throwing a bone to the dogs. That was just a tin pot sideshow, frankly. But they won't mind me saying that because they don't watch national news," he said.

While Partridge said that he didn't expect the film to win any Academy Awards, he believed that it could have a deep cultural impact.

"It's one that could spark a cultural renaissance that is as cultural as the Renaissance."

A sock manufacturer in the US has unveiled what is being referred to as the world's most expensive pair of socks.

Sensoria Fitness has developed a pair of knitted socks with a built-in smart fabric sensor that is designed to help keep you active.

The
socks, which cost a whopping $119 a pair, can be wirelessly linked to iPhones or Android operated mobile phones through an ankle bracelet that helps to give you a read out of how active you are, along with other stats which are invaluable for keen runners.

However, those that prefer not to run with their mobile on them can still access all the data from home.

Sensoria also say that the socks are machine washable so you won't have to worry about pongy feet ruining your training regime.

Runners that require a more sensibly priced pair of socks should check out the wide range of brands and style that are available online at Sockshop.

Olympic athlete Yohan Blake has said he is obsessed with "pretty socks".

Speaking to GQ magazine, the sprinter said that at home he is known as "socks man" because of his love of brightly-coloured and patterned footwear, which he picks up on his travels around the globe.

"I love to get them from different stores all over the world. The last pair I bought was in Canada, they were a mix of pink, orange, blue, grey," he told the publication.

Blake added that he has such a wide variety of
socks as he likes to wear different ones on each foot.

Yohan's love of patterned socks is well documented, and in the past he has been spotted in pairs patterned with burgers and bright stripes. He often wears them pulled up his calf so they are more visible.

He has also said that he thinks his socks help him reach his medal-winning pace.

A Boston-based company has received funding to help it develop and manufacturer a range of coffee-scented socks.

Ministry of Supply (MOS) has managed to raise over $200,000 in crowd source funding to make socks that help to reduce sweat and odour.

The designers, all who are former students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have blended carbonised coffee into a mix of different fibres to make the socks, which they claim absorbs "stink molecules".

However, Ministry of Supply still say that the socks have to be washed regularly to help them maintain their freshness.

"Odour control is difficult in
socks. As such, we turned to nature to find an effective way to create a fresher sock, leading us to coffee," the team said.

The socks took eight months to develop in a laboratory, but are now ready for commercial production.

The MOS team says it takes 16 coffee beans in total to make a pair of these socks.

They may have escaped the dubious honour of being named the number one style disaster in a recent poll by sunshine.co.uk, but socks and sandals have climbed back to the top of the uncool charts after being named the biggest ever fashion faux pas in a survey by a high street retailer.

The combination of
socks and sandals narrowly held off platforms for men in the poll.

Low slung trousers, velour tracksuits and harem pants made up the rest of the top five style faux pas, while crop tops, scrunchies, bum bags, shell suits and trucker hats all made it into the top 10.

"Socks and sandals are the epitome of British summer style gone wrong," a spokesperson for the retailer said.

Despite the combo appearing at the top of the list, celebrities such as David Beckham and Justin Bieber have been snapped wearing the shameful blend of socks and sandals in recent times.